Vellore: Sand mafia are freely plundering the resources of the Palar river. With apparent overt or covert support from corrupt officials and political backing, illegal mining of sand worth several crores

A Solid Waste Management programme is being implemented in 532 panchayats in Tiruvannamalai district, District Collector A. Gnanasekaran said.
Speaking at a Mass Contact Programme (MCP) held at Chunnambumedu

Villagers in and around Tamaraipakkam have been waging a battle against sand mining in the Kosathalaiyar River bed with a series of protests for the last one week.
The villagers said the indiscriminate

Members of the Palar Protection Coordination Committee, Vellore and Tiruvannamalai districts took out a rally from Murugan Temple in Kagitha Pattarai to the Collectorate here and staged a demonstration

Residents of villages in and around the Kavuthi-Vediyappan Hills hoisted black flags atop their houses on Wednesday as part of their phased agitation to oppose the move to grant licence to interested parties